“We have been traveling for the last couple of days and will start fishing tomorrow, we did make a stop on the way and caught some Wahoo at the rocks to break up the ride a bit. The weather has been very nice with light winds and calm seas. The ocean conditions are unbelievable for this time of year, the water temps. are way above average and the water color is crystal blue everywhere, we also saw a big foamer of Yellowtail one day and ran over a good school one night offshore that looked like tuna, hard to say for sure at full cruise in the dark but one things for sure, the conditions look awesome. We will report back as fishing begins.”

Raffle Day

Intrepid is also headed south, and posted this March 21:

“We had a very nice day of traveling, the weather is just beautiful out here right now. Tony Garza held a huge raffle in the evening with lots of great Okuma and Soft Steel products were everyone came out a winner. Mid day found us in an area full of life once again and we found 2 really nice schools of Tuna in the 30-50 class. We boated a handful of 30-pound fish for the Sushi Spread tomorrow and continued down the road. The signs are looking very good for the up-coming spring and summer season. We have a few openings left this summer, so don't wait much longer to book your spot with us, book on-line or give Steve a call in the office @ 619-224-4088.”

Triple Twos

Royal Polaris had an exciting report for March 22:

“The weather continues to be excellent, with 10 to 12 knots of breeze, clear skies, and sunny. The fishing was very good today, as most of the fish were in the 145 to 165-pound range, with another group in the 180 to 195 range, and three fish over 200 pounds. We caught fish on the puffer fish, sardines, flying fish, and of course chunks. So it’s just not kite fishing on this trip, it’s all around fishing.

“Lucky anglers today were Allen Hartman, with a 240-pound yellowfin tuna, Kirk McCoy with a 206 pound Yellowfin tuna and Craig Miller with a 208-pound yellowfin tuna. Only a handful of Wahoo today, but most of our day was spent on the anchor, catching yellowfin tuna. We will try to get some flyers and puffers tonight, so wish us luck.”

The next day the boat posted:

“After a slow morning, things changed for the better in the afternoon. We ended the day with 25 Yellowfin and 5 Wahoo. The lucky angler was Joe Amagrande, with 263 pound Yellowfin tuna. Other anglers continue to get their personal best Yellowfin tuna. Ali Chahine has been on a three-day trip, and moved up to an 18-day adventure. Ali’s largest tuna before this trip was a 15-pound Bluefin tuna. Each day Ali continues to best his personal best. It was a tough night of bait making, but we will give it another try early in the morning.”

Spring Species Bite Near La Paz

Jonathan Roldan posted for his Tailhunter International March 22:

“Conditions seem to be changing very quickly here in our area. It’s the only explanation why we’re getting such a crazy variety of fish at the moment. Not only are we getting our cold water/ winter species, but some warmer water/ pelagic species are also showing up. The areas seem to differ, but there’s a pretty interesting mix of fish.

“Around Cerralvo Island and with our Tailhunter Las Arenas fleet, we’re getting the usual species like pargo up to about 10 pounds; cabrilla (Mexican sea bass) to about 6 pounds; bonito, sierra, jack crevalle and smaller amberjack. However, we’re also getting rooster fish, school-sized dorado to about 10 pounds and we even got a 40-pound tuna this week off the island. We also hooked marlin and wahoo this week but they broke off.

“North of La Paz in the areas around Espirito Santo Island and the high spots, we finally seem to have found some decent spots of yellowtail that are willing to bite on the larger baits as well as on the iron. There’s a few dorado around as well.”

The photo here is from the recent La Paz Carnival holiday.

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